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The former director of the Autauga-Prattville Public Library sued the library’s governing board this week, alleging his termination came after the board violated Alabama’s Open Meetings Act. Andrew Foster’s lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Autauga County Circuit Court, came just over two weeks after the Autauga-Prattville Public Library Board of Trustees fired him at a March […] The post Former Prattville library director sues governing board over termination appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

The governing board of the Autauga-Prattville Public Library Tuesday dismissed their attorney over what they described as a conflict of interest. The Board of Trustees made their decision during a special meeting Tuesday to replace Laura Clark, who had been hired by the newly-installed board in February. The board did not specify what the conflict […] The post Autauga-Prattville Public Library Board hires new attorney to replace Laura Clark appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

The attorney representing the Autauga-Prattville Library’s Board of Trustees said Tuesday she would not apologize for or withdraw any statements made about the dismissal of the library’s director. In a letter to Christopher Weller, an attorney for former director Andrew Foster, Laura Clark, general counsel for the board, wrote that allegations that she defamed Foster […] The post Prattville library attorney will not retract statement regarding former director appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

The Autauga-Prattville Public Library’s future turned on a Feb. 8 meeting of its board of trustees. New board members appointed following a mass resignation late last year, most of whom were appointed by county commissioners, wasted little time in refashioning the library in their image — one that suited Clean Up Alabama, a group that […] The post What federal courts have said about local library book bans appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

The appointments came after four members of the library board resigned when the commission filled a seat without their recommendation.